The News will not publish an edition on Wednesday in honor of the Christmas holiday. The News offices in downtown Alpena will close at noon Tuesday, Christmas Eve, and remain closed Wednesday for Christmas Day, reopening at 8 a.m. Thursday. Publication will resume as normal on ...
OSSINEKE — The Wagon Wheel Bar and Grill in Ossineke is once again spreading joy and happiness during this holiday season. For the fifth year in a row with owners Terry Ravitz and Lisa Phipps at the helm of the sleigh, a group of employees and patrons of the Wagon Wheel Bar and Grill are ...
ALPENA — Alpena and Alpena Township have reached a settlement over water rates for the years 2014, 2015, 2016, and 2017, but will need to continue to work on water rates deals for the years that followed. In a joint press release Thursday, the two municipalities provided an update on ...
ALPENA — The Alpena Wildcats varsity girls basketball team faced Traverse City West in a closely contested game that ended in a 41-37 overtime loss for Alpena. The Wildcats started strong, holding an 18-9 lead at halftime. “I think our defense had a lot to do with that,” senior ...
ALPENA — Despite the fact that Alpena County recently had to lay off employees in order to balance the budget, and voters twice rejected a proposed property tax increase, the board of commissioners voted unanimously on Monday to give County Administrator Jesse Osmer a one-time $4,100 bump ...
ALPENA — Big Lots stores across the country will begin going out of business sales in the coming days and there is a chance all of its remaining stores could close if there isn’t a sale of the franchise by early next month. Big Lots said in a press release on Thursday that having a ...